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This NY TIMES scathing opinion piece of Trump in the 3rd debate is a must read (Original Post) AgadorSparticus Oct 2016 OP
this is a righteous arse drubbing.... mike_c Oct 2016 #1
Yes! The second part gets even better!!...if that is even possible. AgadorSparticus Oct 2016 #4
'Donald J. Trump dismissed Hillary Clinton with all the anger and contempt elleng Oct 2016 #2
Thank you for posting this. AgadorSparticus Oct 2016 #3
You're welcome. elleng Oct 2016 #5
Thank you! Lucinda Oct 2016 #6
You're welcome, Lucinda! AgadorSparticus Oct 2016 #7
This phrase from that piece seems to sum up Trump pretty well: Dark n Stormy Knight Oct 2016 #8
Look at Hillary.. fresh as a daisy! Cha Oct 2016 #9
Bam!!! I love that part! AgadorSparticus Oct 2016 #11
U2! Cha Oct 2016 #12
Bookmarking. LeftofObama Oct 2016 #10

mike_c

(36,281 posts)
1. this is a righteous arse drubbing....
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 01:23 AM
Oct 2016

My goodness, the grey lady does not like Mr Trump. Scroll down. It goes on.

on edit: Maureen Dowd eviscerates him. "Bigly."

elleng

(130,989 posts)
2. 'Donald J. Trump dismissed Hillary Clinton with all the anger and contempt
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 01:25 AM
Oct 2016

of a man who has repeatedly been called out for how he treats women. “Such a nasty woman,” he said.

Mrs. Clinton has pursued a calculated strategy of baiting her opponent to see if he would lash out. She called him a puppet of Vladimir Putin, among other digs. Mr. Trump clearly could no longer contain himself by the end of this debate.

That cutting dismissal, as well as his taunt that her husband didn’t agree with her, played to the heart of the gender dynamics of this election. A man hypersensitive to criticism of any kind was under constant challenge from a confident, assertive woman. Mr. Trump’s advisers, knowing that he had to win over women, particularly the suburban women who have voted Republican in the past, have tried coaching him to keep his cool. His daughter Ivanka tried putting forward a child care plan. But Mrs. Clinton got under his thin skin, and it showed. . .

Mr. Trump went into this debate knowing that the polls show him trailing her in state after key state. The very women he has treated his whole life as objects to leer at or belittle now are exacting their revenge: Many tell pollsters they are not voting for him.

“Nobody has more respect for women than I do,” Mr. Trump insisted after Chris Wallace, the debate’s moderator, challenged him about the accusations of groping.

His own words contradicted his claim.'

Dark n Stormy Knight

(9,771 posts)
8. This phrase from that piece seems to sum up Trump pretty well:
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 02:05 AM
Oct 2016

"new lows of infantile nonsense."

Forget his lack of experience in government, his lack of policie--his personality disqualifies him. He simply is not fit to serve in such an important position.

That's what we get when America goes tabloid, making "reality" show performers stars in the first place and then not being smart enough to realize that simply being a "star" doesn't make you presidential material.

tab·loid
North American, modifier
-sensational in a lurid or vulgar way

Cha

(297,339 posts)
9. Look at Hillary.. fresh as a daisy!
Thu Oct 20, 2016, 03:25 AM
Oct 2016

Hillary Clinton at the conclusion of the third presidential debate. Credit Josh Haner/The New York Times

The Bullfight in Vegas

"It was an appropriately petulant response, a schoolboy’s holdout when caught in a petty crime, or an outright lie. It would be no more than another self-inflicted wound on his candidacy, save for the fact that he was trying to hold the Constitution of the United States and our civic unity hostage. He then went on to say that the whole election was already rigged simply because Mrs. Clinton had been “allowed” to run, as opposed to being, presumably, in jail or under indictment. From schoolboy to caudillo, in one leap."

Brilliant articles, Agador.. thank you!

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